# Accident 19970514010729A: Cessna R182, North Myrtle Be, SC, May 14, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1997, 13:43 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND STRAND (CRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9080C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9080C-1998-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 44 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970514010729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT ON GO AROUND STARTED RIGHT TURN AND NEVER RECOVERED. SETTLED INTO TREES OFF RUNWAY AND BURNED. (-23) THE PILOT FLEW A STABILIZED FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT THE GRAND STRAND AIRPORT.  THE LAST REPORTED WIND WAS 190 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY AND CAME OFF THE RUNWAY IN A LEFT WING HIGH, RIGHT WING LOW, NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.  THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND COMPLETED A 180 DEGREE RIGHT TURN TO DOWNWIND IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AT A LOW LEVEL APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE HEIGHT OF THE TREES ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AT A LOW ATTITUDE IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.  THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE TREES.  THE PILOT WAS KILLED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA97FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA162), May 14, 1997: Cessna R182 (N9080C), N. Myrtle Beach, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around resulting in an inadvertent stall.

## Other reports on N9080C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940414013639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940414013639I), Apr 14, 1994: Cessna 172N (N9080C), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Appears pilot made a hard landing. Nose fork and wheel boke off the stut on landing.
- [Accident 19840805040539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840805040539A), Aug 5, 1984: Cessna R182 (N9080C), Rome, GA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during forced landing during takeoff when engine quit due to water ingestion. AD841001 not done.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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